VCP-DCV 5.5 Flashcards
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What vCenter Server editions are available?
Essentials, Foundation, and Standard are the available vCenter Server editions.
What are the available vSphere Editions
Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus are the available vSphere editions
What is the vRam Entitlement for vSphere Standard
32 GB
What is the order of installation for vCenter Server Components?
(1) vCenter Single Sign-On
(2) vSphere Web Client
(3) vCenter Inventory Service
(4) vCenter Server
How many hosts and virtual machines can the vCenter Server bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express database support?
Up to 5 Hosts and 50 Virtual Machines
What kind of CPU is required for ESXi 5.5?
64-bit x86 CPU
What is the minimum number of CPU cores required for ESXi 5.5?
At least 2 CPU cores are required.
ESXi only supports which two CPU instruction sets?
LAHF and SAHF CPU instruction sets.
Which CPU Instruction bit is required to be set in the BIOS for ESXi 5.5?
The NX/XD bit must be enabled for the CPU in the BIOS.
What is the minimum amount of physical RAM required for ESXi 5.5?
4GB
How much RAM is required to take full advantage of ESXi features and run virtual machines in typical production environments?
8GB of RAM (at least)
What is required for ESXi 5.5 to support 64-bit virtual machines?
Hardware virtualization must be enabled on x64 CPUs (Intel VT-x or AMD RVI)
How many Gigabit or 10Gb Ethernet controllers are required for ESXi 5.5
One or more
What is required to connect a SATA CD-ROM device to a virtual machine on an ESXi 5.5 host?
A SATA CD-ROM must be set to IDE emulation mode
What type of local, internal drive does VMware not support for VMFS datastores that are shared across multiple ESXi hosts?
local, internal SATA drives are not supported for VMFS datastores that are shared across multiple ESXi hosts.
What scope are USB drives supported with ESXi 5.5?
USB Drives are supported for installing ESXi 5.5 only.
What is UEFI?
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - used for booting from hard drive, CD-ROM, or USB media
Which boot mode is required for network boot for VMware Auto Deply?
Legacy BIOS is required for network boot (UEFI only supports HDD, CD-ROM, or USB media)
Is changing the host boot type between UEFI and Legacy BIOS supported
No. Changing the host boot type may cause the host to fail to boot with an error “not a vmware boot bank”
What is the boot device minimum size for ESXi 5.5?
1GB
What is the maximum physical CPU count for VMware vSphere 5.5?
320 physical CPU per ESXi host
This is double the VMware vSphere 5.1 supported physical CPU count of 160 physical CPU per ESXi host.
What is the maximum physical memory for VMware vSphere 5.5?
4TB per ESXi host
This is double the VMware vSphere 5.1 supported physical memory maximum of 2TB per ESXi host.
What is the maximum NUMA Nodes supported in VMware vSphere 5.5?
16 NUMA Nodes per ESXi host
This is double the VMware vSphere 5.1 maximum of 8 NUMA Nodes
What is the maximum supported vCPU quantity for VMware vSphere 5.5?
4096 vCPU per ESXi host
This is double the VMware vSphere 5.1 maximum of 2098 vCPU